KIEV. 16 Feb. UNN. At the stadium “Spiros Louis”, was held the first match of 1/8 finals of the Europa League between Athens “AEK” and Kiev “Dynamo”, the correspondent UNN.
At the start of the long-range shot from Brazilian Halo Greeks checked on the vigilance of our goalkeeper Denis Boyko parried the ball. Already in the 19th minute a long ball from his half came to Gonzalez, who at speed got rid of the defender, burst into the penalty area on the front and gave effective pass a low ball to Victor Tsygankov. The midfielder darted into the penalty area and the Greeks struck the Keeper of the hosts.
However, to observe the winning score the team of Alexander Khatskevich has failed. At 80 minutes Khacheridi broke the rules in his own penalty after a free kick, a cross from Christodoulopoulos ended goal of Igorevich. Note the error exit gate beginner white-Blues goalkeeper Denys Boiko — 1:1.
Thus, the Athens team four times from their last six home matches played in a draw.
Note that Ukrainian defender “AEK” Dmytro Chygrynskiy spent the entire match on the bench.
We also add that the return match will take place on 22 February at the NSC “Olympic”.